Centre on Friday told the Supreme Court that an Inter-Ministerial Group (IMG) has been set up by Ministry of Shipping to secure release of Indian sailors held captive by Somalian pirates and it is coordinating with UN bodies.

The first high-level meeting of the Inter-Ministerial Group on Ganga, constituted by the Narendra Modi government, is expected to meet on Wednesday to finalise the final draft for cleaning the country`s holiest river, which is also one of the most polluted of all.

The Centre on Friday announced that an
inter-ministerial group has been set up under the Agriculture
Secretary T Nanda Kumar to review the implementation of
various decisions taken by the government to tackle drought.